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Genesis 38:5

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

KJV

Tertium quoque peperit : quem appellavit Sela ; quo nato, parere ultra cessavit.

Vulgate

καὶ προσθεῖσα ἔτι ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σηλώμ· αὕτη δὲ ἦν ἐν Χασβὶ ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν αὐτούς.

LXX

And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַ/תִּקְרָ֥א אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְ/הָיָ֥ה בִ/כְזִ֖יב בְּ/לִדְתָּ֥/הּ אֹתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Shelah

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כְזִ֖יב
kzyb
proper_noun · 1×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
שֵׁלָ֣ה
shlh
proper_noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 4:21 — The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
  • Num 26:20 — And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.